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The Gap Gets Bigger: Changes In Mortality And Life Expectancy, By Education, 1981–2000

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Meara, Ellen R., Richards, Seth, Cutler, David M.·2008·Health Affairs

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In this paper we examine educational disparities in mortality and life expectancy among non-Hispanic blacks and whites in the 1980s and 1990s. Despite increased attention and substantial dollars directed to groups with low socioeconomic status, within race and gender groups, the educational gap in life expectancy is rising, mainly because of rising differentials among the elderly. With the exception of black males, all recent gains in life expectancy at age twenty-five have occurred among better-educated groups, raising educational differentials in life expectancy by 30 percent. Differential trends in smoking-related diseases explain at least 20 percent of this trend.

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Authors: Meara, E. R., Richards, S., & Cutler, D. M.
Affiliations: Harvard University (US)
ORCID: Meara, Ellen R.
Cutler, David M.
Venue: Health Affairs
Publisher: Health Affairs Publishing, LLC
Published: 2008-03
Volume: 27
Issue: 2
Pages: 350-360
ISSN: 0278-2715 (ISSN-L)
1544-5208
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.27.2.350
PMC: PMC2366041
OpenAlex: W2120161853
Cited by: 850
References: 26
Citations by year: 2026: 27 · 2025: 40 · 2024: 30 · 2023: 29 · 2022: 60 · 2021: 99 · 2020: 62 · 2019: 41 · 2018: 41 · 2017: 47 · 2016: 48 · 2015: 64 · 2014: 46 · 2013: 45 · 2012: 51
FWCI: 41.79
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Locations: Health Affairs (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Institute on Aging (P01AG005842, P30AG012810)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (K01DA019485, 5K01DA19485-2)
Topics: Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Social Sciences › Demography › Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management
Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Intergenerational and Educational Inequality Studies
Keywords: educational inequality, life expectancy, mortality, educational gaps, non-Hispanic blacks, racial disparities, older adults, smoking-related diseases, socioeconomic status, health disparities
MeSH terms: Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Black or African American, Chronic Disease, Educational Status, Female, Humans, Life Expectancy, Male, Middle Aged, Mortality, Sex Factors, Smoking, United States, Black People, White People

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